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LASTING MACHINE FiledMarch 2 1924 4 Sheets-She et 4 Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES;

1,627,999 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. IPYlVI, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SHOE MA- CHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LASTING MACHINE.

This invention relates to machines for lasting boots and shoes, and is herein illustrated in its application to the lasting of the toes of shoes. It is to be recognized, however, that while the invention has important advantages as applied to the lasting of toes, in many of its aspects it is not limited to toe end lasting.

For lasting the ends of shoes it is the common practice to use wipers having wiping edges that are curved in approximate conformity to the contour of the shoe. In toe end lasting, however, on Welt or turn work for example, an important problem to be dealt with arises from the fact that the curvature of the periphery of the last or of the edge of the sole is not the same as the curvature of the upper-attaching rib or shoulder of the sole (the term sole being frequently used herein generically to refer either to the sole of a turn shoe or to the insole of a welt or other, type of shoe). To secure the best results at different stages of the lasting operation, it would be desirable that the wipers should conform at different times to both these outer and inner curvatures, or more accurately to the curvatures presented by the upper materials in engagement respectively with the edge of the sole and with the shoulder or rib. Since this is obviously impossible in the use of rigid wiper plates, it is the practice to provide the edges of wipers with curvatures that are in the nature of a compromise between the above-mentioned outer and inner curvatures of the shoe materials. lVhile this has seemed heretofore to be the best practical solution of the difficulty, it is obvious that wipers shaped in that way, since they do not conform with accuracy to any portion of the shoe, are not adapted to produce the best results in shaping the upper to the curves of the last and of the sole. A further disadvantage in the use, on any kind of shoe, of wipers that are shaped in approximate conformity to the contour of the shoe is that different wipers must be used for different sizes or styles of shoes. This not only results in loss of time from productive work in substituting one set of wipers for another, but also adds materially to the cost of the equipment.

It is an object of the present invention, among others, to overcome the above-mentioned difdculties and disadvantages by providing end lasting mechanism so constructed as to operate with equally effective results at all points along the edge of the shoe bottom about the end of the shoe, and further adapted for use on different shoes irrespective oftheir shapes or sizes. The illustrativeembodiment of the invention comprises wipers having straight wiping edges and adapted to act in substantially tangential relation to the shoe end curvature, together with operating means whereby the wipers are swung about the toe of the shoe as a fulcrum while shifting their fulcrum points progressively along the edge of the shoe bottom from the toe end rearwardly along the opposite sides of the toe, the wipers thus havin substantially a rolling action on portions of the upper materials in the overwiping operation. For the purposes in view, the wipers herein illustrated have, in combination with straight Wiping edges for working the upper inwardly over the bot.- tom of the last, straight underlying faces so disposed as to engage the periphery of the toe both to limit the inward movement of the wiping edges and to assist in shaping the upper along the edge of the shoe bottom.

In accordance with a further feature of the invention the wiper mechanism is so constructed as to apply a binder progressively about the toe in the course of the overwiping operation, the construction herein shown being particularly designed to apply and fasten to the shoe a binder provided with angled ends as shown and described in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,406,280

granted upon my application on Feb. 1%, 1922.

While it is contemplated that the invention may be utilized with important advan tages in machines of various types, including power-operated lasting machines or pulling-over and lasting machines having various instrumentalities cooperating with the wipers to control and to assist in the shaping of the upper materials, the invention is herein shown for purposes of illustration in a comparatively simple embodiment adapted for use manually in the lasting of toes.

The difierent features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts, will now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

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To position and support the shoe for the operation of the wipers any suitable means may be provided, the machine shown having a toe rest 2 which supports the too at the proper height for the over-wiping operation and a holddown member at carried by an arm 6 which is .movable to carry the member a into or out of operative position, as common heretofore in bed lasting machines. The member a in the construction shown is shaped to conform substantially to the curvature of the rib of a welt shoe insole at the end of the toe, and by' its en'- gagement with the rib together with its downward pressure on the insole serves to hold the shoe against the thrust of the wipers while pressing it firmly down upon the toe rest.

For supporting and guiding the wipers the machine is provided with a lower guide plate 8 and an upper plate 10 and mounted for sliding movement between these plates are a pair of wipers 12. Each. of these wipers is provided with a straight wiping edge 14 for wiping the margin of the upper materials inwardlyove'r the feather a of the insole and against the upper attaching rib b, and below the wiping edge each wiper is provided also with a face 16 for engaging the periphery of the toe at and adjacent to the edge of the insole. The face 16 is likewise straight lengthwise of the edge of t 116 shoe bottom and substantially parallel to the wiping edge 14, and this face is spaced from the wiping edge a distance substantially or approximately equal to the width of the feather of the insole, so that the, face 16 limits the overwiping movement of the wiper while assisting in shaping the upper smoothly about the toe at the edge of the shoe bottom.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the wipers 12 are positioned initially in abutting relation, with their wiping edges l l and their faces 16 in alinement across the end of the toe. The positions of the wipers relatively to each other lengthwise of the shoe are determined by links '18 which are p'ivotally connected at 20 to the wipers and at their opposite ends are pivotally connected at 22 to a slide 24 movable lengthwise of the shoe in a guideway in the wiper head, The links 18 are mounted in a substantially V-shaped recess 26 in the plate 18 so that they may swing apart as the wipers are swung about the toe, and as thus positioned the links assist in supporting the wipers on the plate 8. Bearing inwardly against the outer sides of the links 18 are plungers 2S movable in a transverse guideway in the plate 8 and forced inwardly toward each other by springs 30. It will be seen that the spring-operated plungers 28 position the wipers initially in abutting relation, and

that the links 18 by their connection to the slide 2% position the wipers relatively to each other lengthwise of the shoe so that their wiping edges are initially in alinement.

The wipers are operated in the machine herein shown by means of a hand lever 32 connected throughan equalizing bar 34 and links 36 to pins 38 encircled by rolls 40 which are mounted for movement lengthwise of guideways 42 in the upper plate 10, these guidewa-ys each being curved about an axis located substantially or approximately at the toe end of the shoe. The pins 88 are connected to the wipers by means of links is which are seated in recesses in the tops of the wipers and are provided with clownwardly projecting pins 46 seated in openings in the wipers.

, It will be evident that in the operation of the wipers the pins 38 move in fixed paths determined by the curved guideways 42, and the links as are disposed in such relation to lines connecting the pins 38 with the axis of the guideways a2 that as the pins are advanced along these guideways they act through the links to impart to the wipers forward movement lengthwise of the shoe and movement inwardly at the sides of the toe. At the beginning of the operation the wipers receive a straight forward movement from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fi:g.,t, thus wiping the upper inwardly over the feather of the insole at the extreme end of the toe until the faces 16 of the wipers abut against the end face of he toe. The resistance 'thus encountered by the inner ends of the wipers then causes them to swing about the toe as a fulcrum, in response to further movement of the pins 88 and the links a l, the links 18 being forced apart against the resistance of the springs 30. It will be evident that in their further operation on the shoe the wipers continue to fulcrum on the toe while shifting their fulcrum points progressively along the edge of the shoe bottom as they become tangent to the curvature of the toe successively in different locations, the wipers thus having substantially a rolling action on portions of the upper that are forced inwardly against the rib of the insole as well as on the periphery of the toe while wiping the upper progressively inwardover the feather of the insole and shaping it along the edge of the shoe bottom by the pressure of the abutment faces 16. In the latter part of the lasting operation the links 44 by their tendency to force the wipers lengthwise of the shoe as well as inwardly, will preferably also slide the wipers to some extent along the edge of the shoe bottom, which assists in creasing the upper in the angle between the insole feather and rib and helps further in keeping tight about the toe a binder which is applied by the wipers in a manner hereinafter explained. In the movement of the wipers the slide 24 and the links 18 prevent either wiper from advancing ahead of the other, while the equalizer 34 insures that substantially equal pressures shall be applied at the opposite sides of the toe.

To assist in positioning and in applying about the toe a binder c of the character shown in my earlier patent, each of the wipers 12 is provided with a pair of binder positioning members or slides 48 and 50, the slides 48 projecting forwardly below the wiping edges 14 to support the binder directly in front of these edges and the slides 50 projecting forwardly and down wardly over the wiping edges for holding the binder in place on the supporting slides. It will be notedthat the slides 48 and 50 have forward extensions 48 and 50 to receive and position the angled ends d of the binder, and by reference to- Fig. 3 it will be further seen that the extensions 50 are recessed at 52 on their lower faces to provide suitable spaces between them and the extensions 48 for the projecting ends of the binder, these recesses being so disposed that the binder is centralized relatively to the toe by engagement of the binder ends with the parts of the extensions 50 that are not thus recessed.

Each of the slides 48 is mounted in a recess 54 in its wiper 12 in such manner that it may be moved bodily inward or angularly in a plane parallel to the plane of the wiper against the resistance of spring plungers 56 and 58, the outward movement of the slide being limited by engagement with a shoulder 60 on the wiper member. Similarly each'of the slides 50 is movable bodily or angularly in a recess 62 against the resistance of spring plungers 64 and 66, its outward movement being limited by engagement with a shoulder 68. Plates and 72 on the opposite sides of each wiper hold the slides and their spring plungers in place.

Prior to the lasting of each shoe the operator will insert a binder 0 between the plates 48 and 50, pushing back the projections 50 of the upper plates 50 far enough to admit the ends of the binder.

As the wipers are advanced from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 4 the edges of the lower plates 48 engage the end face of the toe, and these plates yield as the wipers continue to advance until the abutment faces 16 on the wipers likewise come into engagement with the end face of the toe. During this operation the edges 14 of the wipers push the intermediate portion of the binder 0 ahead of them over the feather of the insole until the binder is seated firmly in the angle between the feather and the rib of the insole at the end of the overwiping movement in this location. As the wipers are then swung about the toe the lower plates 48 continue to yield as different port-ions of them engage the periphery of the toe, and the swiping edges 14 progressively force the. binder into upper holding position as the overwiping operation progresses along the sides of the toe. It will thus be evident that the binder is so con trolled that it holds firmly in lasted position those portions of the upper materials that are released by the wipers as the wipers are swung about the curve of the insole rib. Toward the end of the lasting operation the wiping edges 14 become effective to force the inturned ends (Z of the binder through the upper and into the rib of the insole, the binder positioning plates 50 yielding more or less in response to engagement of their projections 5O with the upper materials. It will be noted, however, that the plates 50 are positioned over the binder at the limit of the overwiping operation at the extreme end of the toe, as illustrated in Fig. 4, to insure that the binder will be held in front of the wiping edges 14 in position to be properly applied to the shoe. As the wipers are swung about the toe the plates 50 also assist in positioning the binder in the locations where different portions of the wiping edges act upon it, and when the ends of the binder are forced into the shoe the projections .50 are so positioned as to guide them properly into the shoe materials, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that in a machine having wiping means constructed in accordance with this invention any suitable means may be provided for tensioning or for upwiping the upper, as common in lasting machinery, or that the operator may utilize a suitable tool, such as pincers or a retarder, to assist in cooperation with the wipers in shaping the upper tightly and smoothly over the periphery of the last and the edge of the sole.

lVl1ile the invention is herein illustrated by reference to welt shoe lasting, it is to be understood that it is not thus limited but is likewise applicable to the lasting of other kinds of shoes, for example turn shoes and McKay shoes. For lasting McKay shoes the wipers may be constructed to wipe the up per inwardly over the insole as far as desired, the faces 16 limiting the overwiping movement and assisting in shaping the upper along the edge of the shoe bottom as in lasting other kinds of shoes. To hold the hlcKay shoe upper in lasted position tacks may be driven successively in different loca tions as the lasting progresses, or the machine may be adapted to apply a binder of the type shown in Patent No. 1,306,121, g'anted upon my application on June 10, 1919. It will further be understood that while the machine herein shown is constructed to apply and fasten to a welt or a turn shoe a binder provided with angled ends for anchoring it to the shoe, the invention in many of its novel aspects is not limited to the use of a binder of this particular character.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges to adapt them to operate on shoes of different sizes and shapes, and means for imparting to said wipers swinging movement about an endof the shoe to transfer the field of their engagement with the upper materials progressively from the extreme end of the shoe along the opposite sides of the end portion of the shoe.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges for wiping the upper inwardly over the feather of the sole, and operating means constructed to swing said wipers about the toe of the shoe as a fulcrum while progressively transferring the fulcrum points of the wipers from the toe end rearwardly along the opposite sides of the toe.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges for wiping the upper inwardly over the margin of the sole, said wipers having also substantially straight shoe engaging faces arranged to abut against the lateral periphery of the shoe, and meansfor swinging said wipers about the end of the shoe while progressively transferring the field of their engagement with the shoe materials from the extreme end of the shoe along the opposite sides of the end portion of the shoe.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of

end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges to adapt them to operate on shoes of different sizes and shape I and operating means constructed to impart to said wipers first a bodily movement lengthwise of the shoe towipe the margin of the upper inwardly at the extreme end of the shoe and then to impart to said wipers swinging movement about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum while progressively tra nsferring the fulcrum points of the wipers along the edge of the shoe bottom.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of too lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges to adapt them to operate on shoes of different sizes and shapes, and operating means for said wipers constructed to advance them lengthwise of the shoe to wipe the margin of the upper inwardly first at the end of the toe and then to act in response to resistance of the shoe to swing the wipers about the toe as a fulcrum while progressively transferring the fulcrum points of the wipers along the opposite sides of the toe.

(3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, and means for swinging said wipers about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum to last the upper progressively along the edge of the shoe bottom.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges and faces extending in substantially parallel relation to said edges for engaging the periphery of the end of the shoe along the edge of the shoe bottom, and means for swinging said wipers about the end of the shoe with a rolling action on portions of the shoe in the overwiping operation to last the end of the shoe progressively.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers, means for positioning said wipers with the inner end portions of their wiping edges substantially in alinement with each other for wiping over the upper at the extreme end of the shoe, and means for swinging said wipers about the end of the shoe to carry other portions of their wiping edges toward each other while moving the inner end portions of said edges apart to'transfer the field of operation of the wipers progressively along the edge of the shoe bottom.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, means for positioning said" wipers initially with their wiping edges substantially in alinement with each other, and means for advancing said wipers lengthwise of the shoe while their edges are thus in alinement and for then swinging them about the end of the shoe to transfer the field of their engagement with the upper materials progressively along the edge of the shoe bottom.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, spring means for positioning said wipers initially with their wiping edges substantially in alinement with each other, said positioning means being constructed to permit the wipers to swing apart bodily at the extreme end of the shoe while fulcruming on the shoe, and operating means for forcing said wipers inwardly over the shoe and for thus swinging them apart with a rolling action on the upper about the end of the shoe to last the end of the shoe progressively along its opposite sides.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, said wipers being mounted to move lengthwise of the shoe and to swing bodily apart with a rolling action on the upper'about the end of the shoe, spring means for opposing yielding resistance to the swinging of the wipers, and operating mechanism for swinging the wipers about the end of the shoe against the resistance of said spring means.

12. In a -machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers being mounted to swing bodily apart with a rolling action on the upper about the end of the shoe, links connected to said wipers and mounted for movement lengthwise of the shoe and for swinging movement laterally of the shoe to control the wipers, and operating mechanism connected to the wipers independently of said links for operating them.

18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a.

pair of floating wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, said wipers being mounted for movement lengthwise of the shoe and for swinging movement about the end of the shoe, a slide movable lengthwise of the shoe, links pivoted on said slide and connected respectively to the different wipers for controlling the wipers, and means for swinging the wipers about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum to last the opposite sides of the end of the shoe progressively,

14:. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, said wipers being mounted for swinging movement about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, controlling links connected respectively to the different wipers and mounted to swing apart as the wipers are swung about the end of the shoe, spring means acting on the links to oppose yielding resistance to the swinging of the wipers, and mechanism for operating the wipers against the resistance of said spring means.

15. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers being mounted for swinging movement about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, links pivotally connected respectively to the different wipers for controlling them, and members pivotally connected to the wipers in different locations from said links for operating them.

"16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, said Wipers being mounted for swinging movement about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, members movable in fixed paths to operate the respective wipers, and links connecting said members to the wipers to move the wipers inwardly toward the end of the shoe and to swing them about the end of the shoe.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers being mounted to swing about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, members guided for movements in fixed arcs curved about the end of the shoe to operate said wipers, links connecting said members to the wipers to swing them about the end of the shoe in response to the movements of said members, and spring means arranged to oppose yielding resistance to the swinging of the wipers.

1'8. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating Wipers having Wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers being mounted to swing about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, members guided for movements in fixed arcs curved about the end of the shoe to operate said wipers, operating links connecting, said members to the wipers for swinging the wipers about the end of the shoe in response to the movements of said members, and additional links connected to said wipers in different locations from said operating links for controlling the movements of the wipers.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floatihg wipers having wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, saidwipers being mounted to swing about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, members guided for movements in fixed arcs curved about the end of the shoe to operate said wipers, operating links connecting said members to the wipers for swinging the wipers about the end of the shoe in response to the movements of said members, additional links connected to said wipers for controlling their movements, and spring means acting on said additional links to oppose yielding resistance to the swinging of the wipers.

20. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of end lasting means comprising a pair of floating wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, means for maintaining said wipers initially in substantially abutting relation with their wiping edges substantially in alinement with each other, links connected to said wipers near their abutting faces to control the movements of the wipers, members movable in fixed arcs to operate the wipers, and operating links connecting said members to the wipers at points farther from the abutting faces of the wipers than said controlling links, said operating links being movable in response to the movement of said operating members to swing the wipers about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum.

21. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of a. wiper support, end lasting wipers having wiping edges formed to adapt them to operate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers having a bearing on their support permitting them to adapt their positions automatically to the shape of the shoe and to fulcrum on the shoe, members con nected to the wipers to control their movements, and operating members connected to the wipers independently of said controlling members for swinging the wipers about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum 22. In a machine of the class described, the combination wit shoe postioning means, of a wiper support, end lasting wipe'rs having wiping edges formed to adapt them to'ope'rate on shoes of different shapes and sizes, said wipers having a bearing on their-supportpermitting them to adapt their 'positlons to the shape nfth'e shoe, operating being yieldable members connected to the wipe-rs for swinging them about the end of the shoe as a fulcrum, and spring-controlled members connected to the wipers in different locations from said operating members and arranged to oppose yielding resistance to the swinging of the wipers.

23. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting mechanism comprising wipers mounted for movement about the toe of the shoe with a rolling action on the shoe to transfer the field of their engagement with the upper materials progressively from the end of the toe along the opposite sides of the toe, said toe lasting mechanism being constructed to apply a toe binder progressively about the toe during said movement of the wipers and to fasten the binder to the shoe.

24-. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers mounted for movement about the toe of the shoe with a rolling action on the shoe to transfer the field of their engagement with the upper materialsprogressively from the end of the toe along the opposite sides of the toe, and means for positioning a toe binder having angled ends in such relation to the wipers as to cause the wipers during their movementto apply the binder progressively about the toe and to force the ends of the binder into the shoe materials to anchor the binder to the shoe.

25. In a machine of the class described, the combination wit-h shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, means for swinging said wipers about the toe of the shoe to last the upper progressively from the end of the toe rearwardly, and means for positioning a toe binder in such relation to the wipers as to cause the wipers to apply the binder progressively about the toe in the course of their swinging movement.

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers havingsubstantially straight wiping edges, means for swinging said wipers about the toe of the shoe to last the upper progressively from the end of the toe rearwardly, and means for positioning a toe binder in front ofthe wiping edges of the wipers to cause the binder to be applied progressivelyaboutthe toe by the wipers, said binder positioning means in response to engagen'ient with the shoe.

27. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting-wipers, means for operating said wipers to wipe the upper into lasted position about the toe, and means for positioning a toe binder in front oft-he w ping edges. of-the wipers tocause the binder to be applied about the toe by the wipers comprising members arranged to project above and below the binder and yieldable in response to engagement with the shoe.

28. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers, means for operating said wipers to wipe the upper into lasted position about the toe and to force a toe binder into position to hold the upper, and members carried by the wipers arranged to project over the binder to hold it in place in front of the edges of the wipers, said members being yieldable in response to engagement with the shoe,

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, means for swinging said wipers about the toe of the shoe to last the upper progressively from the end of the toe rearwardly, and means for positioning a toe binder having angled ends in front of the wiping edges of the wipers to cause the wipers to apply the binder about the toe and to force its ends into the shoe, said binder positioning means comprising members mounted in the wipers to yield in response to engagement with the their engagement with the upper progres sively along .the edge of the shoe bottom from the extreme end of the shoe along the opposite sides of the end portion of the shoe and also to slide the wipers lengthwise of the edge of the shoe bottom in wiping engagement with the upper.

31. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of toe lasting wipers having substantially straight wiping edges, means for positioning a toe binder in front of said wiping edges to cause the wipers to apply the binder to the shoe, and means for swinging the Wipers about the toe and for imparting to them a sliding movement lengthwise of the edge of the shoe bottom at the opposite sides of the toe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES F. PYM. 

